Mar
18
2025
The Thing About Age
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St. Patrick’s Day is my husband’s birthday.
After realizing his last name is Gallagher, the inevitable question is asked.
Why isn’t your name, Patrick?
The answer, that he has given so many times, is given once again.
Because my brother is named Patrick! He says with the same inflection.
My husband is the fifth of eight children.
The brother born before him was named, Patrick.
Had his mother known she would have a son on St. Patrick’s Day…